Diocese of Irapuato Dioecesis Irapuatensis Diócesis de Irapuato | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of León |
Metropolitan | Irapuato, Guanajuato |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,844 sq mi (4,780 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,094,160 1,077,110 (98.4%) |
Parishes | 61 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3 January 2004 (20 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Enrique Díaz Díaz |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfonso Cortés Contreras |
Bishops emeritus | José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato (Latin: Dioecesis Irapuatensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León in southern Mexico.
Its cathedral Episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, at Irapuato, Guanajuato.